Skip to main content

Poetry in the Classroom: The Why and How of Teaching and Inspiring Students Through Poetry

Bookreader Item Preview

texts

Poetry in the Classroom: The Why and How of Teaching and Inspiring Students Through Poetry

by
Funk, Rachel Knapp

Publication date
Topics
poetry, middle grades, education
Collection
columbusstate; americana
Language
English
This paper seeks to answer the questions “Why teach poetry?” and “How does one teach poetry? through research and personal experience in the classroom. Although many teachers struggle with teaching poetry, it is valuable in the classroom for many reasons: it is in the Georgia State Standards, it gives students a deeper understanding of the English language, and it provides students with an emotional connection to the world around them. This paper also explores the findings from my personal experiences in the classroom. My first experience included inviting a poet into my eighth grade practicum classroom and observing her interactions with the students; my second experience came from visiting and observing three classrooms (an elementary, middle, and high school classroom) in which the teachers were teaching poetry. Based off these experiences and peer-reviewed articles, 1 discovered that both analyzing and experiencing or connecting with a poem are valuable; however, helping students make an emotional connection to poetry first, before critically analyzing it, is key. Finally, teachers can help students overcome their fear of poetry by letting them read and write poetry, allowing them to become comfortable with the genre and as well as learn in a hands-on approach. I conclude the paper with a list of resources teachers can use as they explore the art of teaching poetry.
Addeddate
2018-09-10 18:13:21
Identifier
funk-csu
Identifier-ark
ark:/13960/t9675nf61
Ocr
ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR)
Pages
65
Ppi
600
Scanner
Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.3

plus-circle Add Review
comment
Reviews

There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to write a review.

174 Views

2 Favorites

DOWNLOAD OPTIONS

download 1 file
ABBYY GZ download
DAISY

For users with print-disabilities

EPUB
download 1 file
FULL TEXT download
download 1 file
ITEM TILE download
download 1 file
PDF download
download 1 file
SINGLE PAGE PROCESSED JP2 ZIP download
download 1 file
TORRENT download
download 11 Files
download 6 Original
SHOW ALL

IN COLLECTIONS

Columbus State University Libraries American Libraries

Uploaded by CSU Libraries on

SIMILAR ITEMS (based on metadata)

Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014)